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A COnturing Stone.

From the Macon tGa) Telegraph, July 10.
Aqueer case came up before Justice Freeman
yesterday. Jane Blanch has husband who has
fondness for staying away from home, and Jane
has been greatly worried about it. Some time
ago, while narrating her troubles to one Martha
Montague. late OF Columbus, Martha said her
husband had peculiar stone that had for its
charm the power OF bringing back husbands, and,
In fact OF performing number OF miraculous
things Negroes believe In conjurtng bags rabbit
feet, &C., and Jane said she wanted q piece OF the
stone, no matter what It cost. Martha saw her
HUSBAND, Tom. and, after some persuasion, they
agreed 10 let Jane have piece OF It for IS. Jane
paid tne money and waited for the wonderful
that she sued out warrants for both Tom and
Martha, and they appeared before Justice Free
man yesterday with the stone they intended
giving Jane. The court compelled Tom to refund
the money. The stone Is q piece OF magnetic iron
ore, ana the trial developed the fact that 1t Is
OF 20 cents q pound. Negroes purchase it because
they believe that 1t win 'cOn1ure" pe0pel
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MARRIED ONE or HIS PRxss-FKRDRRa-A At.
Louis dispatch says: 'SOciety here has sensati0n
woodward, OF the woodward Herman Printing
Co., one Of the largest and wealthieSt eStabiish
has for nve years been employed as press-feeser'
woodward Is about twenty -fOurs Old ana has han
charge under his father. The marriage toOk niace
on January %. but was kept secret until TUESDAY.
The young wife continued TO feed printing presses
until two weeks ago, when she resigned. The fear
OF parental wrath caused young woodward to keen
his marriage secret and his fears were based on
sound Judgment. as hts father Is said TO be ready
to give hun chance TO try the world sinnle.
handed. The announcement OF the marr1sre
caused much excitement In tho biz printino
establishments"
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frolil TIE 61sAs4i1sa N<S-i AsHs.
An Atlanta man walked up 10 the clerk OF the
hotel al TJb-s On SATURDAY ana wanted key 10 a
bath-hOtlss, az the dress * bJtna are called ana
IA exchange iOf BIS sijartF received lt and bal h.
Ing dress. TIE Attendant 81 the t,each Showed
MIN 10 one or the Att-s dTesssA e-TOons AbouI
nail an hour after Tie tsc9gzRk girfira the door a
a...e an eaIiEp ti.s sttt ~ at ~ him. and in
that ~ qua not eCfi-F GP o. TIE LGusfs ana n he
wanted 10 Ditbe hs y 9lld lave ~ 20 out there
pointing 10 the surf, Shle fOlilslg ia I'm good
style The gentleman ffJfa tie capital replied
eLdt ne was not going 0It tssfs, and IN they
ranSeu MN 70 batbs the siaieF IHtst be brought
10 The oath-hoase. lie vas UOld thai thai Gould
not oe dope, and 20 he put his clothes and Ieft
.ne island, much qisgusted with lis bathing Ia
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Struck by an Express Train.
MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN AND ANOTHER xxpR
INSTANTLY KurEn

INSTANTLY KILLED.
An appalling accident took place on the Penn.
sylvania Railroad, at Ridgewood Station. two
miles from Reading, Pa, Thursday. The eight
O'Clock am. down express which makes O trip
between Reading and Philadelphia In one hour
and fifty minutes ran into q covered spring
wagon. containing pleasure party, and killed
four OF Its occupants A boy named Wunne.
macher, aged thirteen, or Reading. was driving.
and owing TO the wagon being covered, he did not
see the approaching train, which dashed upon tho
party, who were hurled down a steep enbank.
ment, where their bodies were picked up. The
Killed are: Miss Amanda Fritz, aged thirty 1--WE,
daughter OF Elias Fritz, ST., a wealthy farmer:
Hetle Fritz, aged tytwo, wife OF Elias Fritz 1r.,
and her two children, Charles, aged three months,
and Merv1n, aged eighteen months. The boy
Wunnemacher was seriously injured about thA
head, and is not eXDecUed TO recover
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"A GFe0t EOrYer Set Free
rHK cRun FOR WHICH BIDwKLL WAS SENT 70 PRISON
IN RNGLAND.
From the New York Herald
george Bidwell the forger, who, according to q
caolegram, has just been released from prison In
England on account Of ill-health and who intends
coming 70 this country, Is one Of the Bidwell
Dfotners VINO were associated with Geo Engles,
Macdonald and Williamson I'm the stupend0us
BANK OF England forgeries sixteen years ago. The
gang IN 1871, left this city and went to England.
neassa % thsn 1n
70 AOnoon, ana there opened q commission house
lor the discounting and shaving OF commercial
Donald under the name OF 'Warner L Co" The
.olgeIS opened an account with one OF the leading
3nka ana zone nde transactions were conducted
Ivs SsveIa monthS When the confidence OF the
omcers Of the bank had been gained, the paper OF
warner CO, presented by some OF the leading
nco Oh London, was discounted without sus-
Before the consummation Of the gigantic scheme
George Macdonald and one OF the Bidwells became
nved. upon discovering this fact Engles became
AFRAID that his associates would divulge the
well were then residing in St John's wood Ken
angIon, London. Engles objected to the women
anu tnIeatened TO cut OF business relations unless
laughed at him, and after a Quarter of q million
R0unoS sterling had been realized Macdonald and
bloWel admitted that their women knew all
aOout tne scheme. EngleS thereupOn vanished,
ana when Macdonald and Bidweu undertook to
commune the business the plot leaked out, and the
sequel showed that II it had not been for the wO-
men: IN whom they had so much confidence, they
would have escaped
In their recklessness Macdonald and Bidwell
presenteo forged note which had not been dated.
Inc CLERK discovered the error and forwarded 1t to
tne urn Dy whom It was supposed to have been
issued II was then pronounced a forgery. To
av0io arrest the gang scattered. One OF the Bid
WelS escaped to Scotland, where he was arrested,
ana MS brother was apprehended In Havana, Cuba.
MacDonald tried to get clear OF his mistress, but
dai a ne induced her however to accept pass
age TICKET from Liverpool to New York, telling her
Lnat ne would meet her at the Northern hotel before
the steamer sailed He did not attempt to meet her,
put look train to FOlkestOne, crossed to France,
and at Hayre engaged passage to this city: Be-
coming enraged at the disappointment, and Sus-
pectng the route her lover would most likely take,
NacDonald'S mistress. betrayed him to the English
police. cablegram was flashed to this city, and
Macdonald was arrested on board the incoming
vessel In the lower bay. After fighting the In
the courts the fugitive was finally returned to
England, where he was convicted and sentenced to
NE imprisonment. The Bidwell brothers received
like sentences.
Inspector Byrnes has been informed OF George
Bidwels release and the central ONCE detectives
nave been instructed to look out for him II he re-
turns to old pals ana haunts.
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From the Youths Companion.
81 don't like surprises" once said little girl,
81 think they're narsty." To tell the truth, SO do
most OF Us, although we feel obliged to look po-
htely pleased when our friends pop some unex-
pected Jack-in-the-box OF an event upon us A
surprise must be of a very exceptionally delight
full nature to prove in the least welcome. Espe-
cially is this true in the case OF visits.
IT should not feel at liberty to visit my own SIS
ter without announcement OF my intentions" said
lady who was heartily welcome wherever she
chose to go. 'Tn fact never saw the person upon
whose household should be willing to take the
liberty OF descending unexpectedly"
Her principle is the one to be followed in nine
cases out OF ten. 1t is only fair to say that the
people who violate It usually do SO with the best
their society. they fnnocently imagine that the
pleasure Will be enhanced by a sudden burst Of
social sunshine
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From the New York Sun.
After recent shower several men armed with
coarse scrubbing brushes on long handles went
through City Hall Park scrubbing down the trunks
OF all the trees. 1t took considerable observation
to find that they were brushing on crop OF yell
low caterpillars that the rain seemed to have
brought into being, and that were crawling up to-
ward happy hunting grounds In the green leaves
as rapidly as they might.
"Caterpillars are f1nny things" said gentle
man who watched the operation ''Dut the
strangesU thing about them is the fact, which
most people don't know, that they are an adjunct
OF civilization. They are never found except
where civilized men have made a settlement.
have gone for hundred miles through primitive
woods and never seen one; but let a man set up
his house and try to raise shrubbery in his front
yard and the measly things spring up In swarms."
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From the New York Evening Post.
The Lebel rife, the new arm with which the
French infantry viii be supplied before next
spring. Is smaller and lighter than the rifles now
In use. twill carry Its bullet more than q mile
and half and with more certain aim than has
been possible with ordinary rifles The bore OF the
gun Is very small and the ball, which Is OF steel
and sharply pointed at one end Is said TO revolye
at q speed or LOCO revolutions q second. In the
tests made by the French government this bullet
has penetrated brick wan eight inches thick at
q distance OF 500 yards: IL viii 60 through any
&C distance Of more than mile viii pass through
q man as easily as at ten PAGES. The lebel gun Ia
smaII that each colder carries go rounds OF am
mnnition, Is against ll6 rounds. formerly consad-
cred the maximum,
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A Lion Snaps Off a Mans Head.

a AAOA Sn0pS OAt u Man'S k1edOs
From the London Standard.
Not week passes without some horrible acci-
dent in q menagerie. Yesterday, July 6, q tanner
named Agop, who was making his beasts perform
before large crowd at the fair OF Bourges, was
suddenly knocked down by blow from the paw
OF one OF the animals Half of the unfortunate
mans skull was snapped of almost instantane-
Ousy by the terrible brute, and his spinal column
was cracked In twain as though it had been dry
twig. This Is the most appalling OF any of the
menagerte accidents which have occurred for
long time, either in Paris or In the provinces. 1t
Is quite probable, however, that Paris may yet be
startled by a similar atrocity If amateur lion
tanners or hysterical females be allowed to enter
the dens OF wild beasts. The experiments on the
hypnotised woman who entered the cage at the
FolleS Bergeries have already been detailed; put
they were eclipsed yesterday by the performance
OF demi-mOndaine, who actually entered one OF
the cages In NJ. Bldeps menagerie at Neuilly and
kept a lion in momentary quietude by the mag
netic force OF 1.-TWO lovely black eyes," Luckily,
the daring venture OF the dark-eyed damOsel did
not last long, and she escaped without having left
her limbs In the mouth OF the eX-mOnarch OF the
forests called Sultan. Her exploit was vocirer-
ousiy cheered by a crowd OF Washers who had
expressly attended to see the strange spectacle.
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He Did Not Preach That Day.
WHILE ON HIS WAY HE WAS COMPELLED 10 MARRY TIL
GIRL. He BAD BETRAYED.


WHILE ON HIS WAY HE WAS COMPELLED no MARRY THE
GIRL He BAD BETRAYED.
The pulpit OF one OF the Methodist churches of
Harrisburg, Pa, was to have been filled Sunday
by the Rev. Ulysses s. Click, a young evangelical
preacher OF Philadelphia. He did not appear, and
no word was received from him In explanation
Tuesday 1t Was learned that while on his way to
Harrisburg he was arrested by Berks County
constable at the suit OF Miss Mary A. Jacobs the
daughter OF prominent farmer OF Temple Town.
ship, that county, who charged Click with being
the rather OF her three-months'-o child. The
accused man acknowledged the charge and ac-
companied the officer to Reading, where he met
the young woman They went before Alderman
Bramwell and were married. Click was stationed
al Temple church year ago. and boarded at
Farmer Jacobs. While there, as the girl declared
ne betrayed her. Click subsequently went to
Ph1ladelphta. Since marrying the Jacobs girl he
has learned that she Is the mother OF another
child, over three years old An unfortunate COM
pucation In the case is the fact that CLICK was en-
gagged to be married to young lady OF high social
position In Obey, Berks County.
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Snake Bites.
SnaKe blteSs
WHISKY AND APPLE JACK SAID TO RE RrrraRrp
CURES

CURES.
The snake-bite season has arrived and two cases
are reported. The first Is that OF Jonathan w.
Butt, Of Reading, Pa, who was bitten on Monday
by his pet rattesnake. He is being treated by an
old snake doctor, who has given him nothing but
whisky in large doses and who ''pow-wows" over
him. AS the injured man is young and OF strong
constitution, he expects him TO recover. The az
lied Butt places entire confidence in apoW wow
ing, and says III necessary he'll die gaTle.D
the other victim is Michael b. BOwker, OF
mense rattlesnake on Tuesday, He shook the
snake on and started on run, sucking the blood
from the wound as he ran. He kept on for over q
mte, when he found DR.. Reeves OF MedfOrd who
cut out the flesh about the wound on Mr. BOWker's
hand and then started with him for Medford. ON
reaching thaG place ne drank quart OF real old
apple Jack. This had the desired efYect and COM
pleUeiy counteracted the effects of the poison.
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From the Detroit Tribune, July 20.
An Indiana farmer, who told his boys to burn
every bumbebee's nest they found on bis farm,
and who was complaining at the failure OF his
cl0verseed crop, was surprised when Maurice
Thompson, the naturalist, said: ''That is why
your cloverSeed fails you. Bumblebees make your
clOverSeed." 1t is fact that strong nest OF bum
blebeeS in a big clover field Is worth $40 to the
owner; for these insects are the chief agents In
fertiliztng the blossoms, thereby insuring heavy
crop OF seed. In Australia there were no humble
bees OF our kind, and they could not raise clover
seed until they imported some OF our kind.
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A Pleasant Expression.

From the New York sun.
"Where are you going with the watermelon,
Uncle Rastus?" asked a gentleman
"Ise gwine ter hab my photograph taken.
sah.r
"what do you expect to do with the me,on,r
81 wants Ter look at II, sab, while de photer.
graph am In process OF construction SOS ter pit de
right expression on de face, sah.n
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A Medium Gets a FOOLS Fortune

From the JeneFSOn (Wl6.I BANNER.
Strange means are resorted TO in order to obtain
property but a case near Waterloo beats them
all. 1t appears that the wife Of Nelson ID. Brom-
ley was taken sick and Emily d. Arndt, a spirit
ualist doctor, was called in. Bromley is also
spirttualist The wife died, and after
her death Emily Arndt was the medium
between the dead wife and the living husband.
The dead wife willed that all the property OF the
living husband should be transferred to Emily ID.
Arndt and, strange TO say, the old gentleman did
II. The transfers OF mortgages on record at the
register or deeds In this city give as considera-
ton 81 ana for valuable services rendered here
tOfore." The entire amount transferred Will
reach about $4,000.
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Victoria Laughing ON Her Throne.
From the Western Daily Mail
Six Scotch batlies came up to London to present
an address Of congratulation to her majesty. They
asked what they had to do on entering the queens
presence, and were told that they should kiss
hands, Thereupon Battle, No. ], as he solemnly
stalked past the throne, raised his hand to his
mouth and blew her majesty KISS The remain
the heartaest laughter she has enjoyed Tor q long
time.
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MUST GO TO HOLLAND TO BIZ DIvoRcED.-The Bel
CLAN alleged elOpement case was compromised at
an order Of the court, has been given CUSTODY Of
the child it to be taken by them to Holland, where
either party may institute proceedings for divorce
The proceedings at EaStOn are not to prejudice
the rights OF either party In the courts In Hol-
land The same court to decide whether the father
or mother shall have possession OF the child. The
between Van Doren and Van Heyst after court
opened.
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MOrmons i'm Georgia.
PARTY OF RAIDERS SAID TO savE BKEN ooNs

yEKTED To MoRMoSIsM
Charleston, ). G., dispatch 10 the Baltimore
Sun says: The Intended kukluN raid on Mormon
missionaries In Richmond County, Ca, came on
on Tuesday night last with rather unex expected re-
suits The kuklux met at Goodwin's chapel on
that night They numbered 20 men, all armed
and all wearing black masks Newman's house
was first visited then Reds, but no Mormons
were 10 be found IL was then learned that
Blnnlon ana Murphey, two or the missionaries
We're both IN Augusta, but that Spenser, the chick
OF the party, was CHARTERED at George Anderson's
house, wither the party repaired. The house Was
quickly surrounded and Anderson was called for
He came out on the piazza, and, upon being
questioned, said that spenscr was In, but II the
party attempted any violence they would find
themselves sadly LEFT. Not man In the bold band
OF regulators replied 10 this, and not one moved
an Inch closer 10 the house. The Rev. Mr.. Spenser
as he Is called, chief OF the NOrlnons then ap-
peared at The door, and, knowing what was VI.
Immediately conlnenced talk 10 the crowd, and
alter I'VE minutes conversation every member OF
the kukluN band WAS converted 60 the Mormon
religion, OF, as Speaser said, they were impressed
with The error OF their Way, and when told Dy him
10 leave, the entire band marched on under cover
OF the adjoining woods IL is believed that nearly
The whole OF Richmond County Will speedily bo
converted 10 MormoniSm unless the Mormon mis-,
SlOnarleS are driven out.
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A Police Magistrate on Himself.

Police Magistrate on Himself.
From the New York Graphic.
police Justice in the city OF New York Is an Of
fcer OF serious responsibilities. This year Police
Justice Duffy, who has served thirteen years,
passed sentence In more than 16, 600 cases. He
says that the most difficult OF the duties OF po-
lice justice is to act according to the dictates OF
his conscience. BY long training he thinks that
he always knows when prisoner is lying. A
guilty prisoners wisest course, he declares is to
say: Judge, am guilty. throw myself on the
mercy OF the court" In a case OF intOxication or
dtsOrderly conduct this course is likely to secure
his discharge II 1t is q first OfenSe. "When a
woman weeps before me" declares Judge Duffy, 81
remember tnat had mother, sister, and nieces,
and am apt to let her 60. When man weepS
think the worse Of him. haven't wept myself
since was sixteen years Of age"
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SUNsTROKE CURED BY BLEEDING.-Durfng the
past few days two cases OF desperate sunstroke
have been successfully treated by bleeding In the
Chambers Street IN. W Hospital. The result has
caused much discussion among medical men, for
the reason that in few cases 1t is now the style to
bleed patient, common as bleeding used to be-
ThoS- Mcnamara and JnO. McGlnhis We're the
patients, and both were in the cOnvlsiOnS which
generally precede death, when DR.. Wedekind
decided to bleed them as last resort. He took
twelve ounces OF blood from each man, ana they
recovered and are able to attend to their business
1t Is said that this system will be followed in
future as drawing OF the blood reduces the ten
sion OF the veins so that the blood that remains
can find its way to the lungs and be purined.
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ChicagO's New Fad.
FRnY,n thu N,Snorro


From the Chicago Journal
comparatively new class of music Is likely to
be heard a great zeal Of in Chicago before any OF
us are many days older. This Is nothing more
nor less than-whistling. At the first reading,
with ones mind full Of the recolections OF the
whistling nend Of the street-car sidewalk and Of
flee, the statement may appear little far-fetched.
But until one has heard really accomplished
whistler like several young people know, whis-
Tie pretty and intricate music TO artistic piano
accompaniment, and with faultless regard for
time, shading, and so FORTH he can have idea OF
the beauty OF the accompaniment The ordinary
human whistle, like the ordinary human voice, Is
rough and discordant, and CRATES harshly enough
on the cultivated ear; but some performances
have recently had the pleasure OF listening to
convince me that the really talented whistler has
an object and future. notice that l saw re-
Gently In New York society paper OF young
woman whose husband collapsed suddenly from
wealth to penury, and who is now helping him by
earning $25 night by whistling at private enter
tainments, lends color to my views. The really
good whistler, once heard, becomes SO popular
that fancy school for Instruction in scientific
Whistling would find ready road to prosperity.
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FRENCH WATERS ON STRIKE.-The French
walters at the Elberon Hotel, Long Branch, struck
just before luncheon Tuesday for an increase OF
trouble the proprietor agreed to their demand but
they then insisted upon the discharge OF the head
back to their quarters and made a tremendous
noise. They were arrested, but subsequently re-
leased. A new force OF walters was secured,
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DEATH FROM SPIDER BITE.-At DOwnfngtown
Pa, VIM. Hughes, who was engaged in the fruit
business, was bitten by small black spider
July 22d The insect is supposed to have been
was made upon Mr. Hughes lip, which soon COM
menced to swell Next day the swelling had
aid was called In, and on Tuesday OF this week
three physicians were In attendance but nothing
that was done avatled, and on Wednesday morn
Ing early he died, having suffered great pain.
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A Worm that Eats Up Steel Rails.

"A worm t08t Es6t0 Up steel k681l0s
From the Cologne Gazette.
The existence has just been discovered Of q
detestable microbe which feeds upon iron with as
much giuttony as the phylloXera upon the vine.
Sometime ago the greatest CONSERVATION existed
among the engineers employed on the railway at
Hagen by the accidents occurring at the same
place. proving that some terrible defect must
exist either In the material the construction OF
the rails. The German government directed an
inquiry to be made and commission OF Surveil-
lance TO be formed for the purpose OF maintaining
constant watch at the spot where the accidents
one OF them attended with loss OF ufe-had oc-
Cured. II was not, however, until after six
months had elapsed that the surface Of the rails
appeared to be corr0ded, as II by acid, to the ex-
tent OF 100 yards. The rail was taken up and
broken, and It was perceived that II was literally
followed out by a thin gray worm, to which the
qualification OF ''railoyerous" was assigned, and
by which name it is tobe classed In natural
history. The worm is said to be two centmeters ia
length and OF the size OF the prong OF silver fork
In circumference. IL Is OF light gray color, and
on the head carries Cwo little glands filled with
corrosive secretion, which Is elected every ten
minutes upon the iron. This liquid renders the
iron soft and spongy, and OF the color OF rust and
1t Is then greedily devoured by the insect. "There
Is no exaggeratiOn" says the Official report OF the
commission, 'in the assertion that this creature,
for its stze Is one OF the most voracous kind for
It has dev0ured thirry-stx k1logrammes OF rail- In
nrfn fOhf